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Inflation in Supersymmetric SU(5)
We analyze the adjoint field inflation in supersymmetric (SUSY) SU(5) model.
In minimal SUSY SU(5) hybrid inflation monopoles are produced at the end of
inflation. We therefore explore the non-minimal model of inflation based on
SUSY SU(5), like shifted hybrid, which provides a natural solution for the
monopole problem. We find that the supergravity corrections with non-minimal
Kahler potential are crucial to realize the central value of the scalar
spectral index n_s ~ 0.96 consistent with the seven year WMAP data. The tensor
to scalar ratio r is quite small, taking on values r < 10^{-5}. Due to
R-symmetry massless SU(3) octet and SU(2) triplet Higgs bosons are present and
could spoil for gauge coupling unification. To keep gauge coupling unification
intact, light vector-like particles are added which are expected to be observed
at LHC.Comment: 16 page
Supergravity based inflation models: a review
In this review, we discuss inflation models based on supergravity. After
explaining the difficulties in realizing inflation in the context of
supergravity, we show how to evade such difficulties. Depending on types of
inflation, we give concrete examples, particularly paying attention to chaotic
inflation because the ongoing experiments like Planck might detect the tensor
perturbations in near future. We also discuss inflation models in Jordan frame
supergravity, motivated by Higgs inflation.Comment: 30 pages, invited review for Classical and Quantum Gravity, published
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